Against Time and Place by Elizabeth Backhouse

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition with some edge wear to the dust jacket and book. Bend to tail front corner. Previous owner has signed inside page.

Against Time and Place is a highly imaginative and well-crafted recreation of a family history that transcends the particular to become a fascinating microcosm of British migration and settlement of Australia. The lives of members of the Booth and Backhouse families unfold against a rich backdrop of places and events, including the coal mines and tenant farms of Yorkshire, the First World War and the Russian Revolution; the gold rushes, pioneering the Wheatbelt and small-town life of Western Australia; the Great Depression; the Second World War and its aftermath.